Charging car



F. FIECHTL.

CHARGING CAR.

` APPLICATION FILED JULY 12.1921.

Patented July 18, 1922.

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CERGING C Specification of Letters Patent. I

Fatented July '18, 1922.

Original application filed January 28, 1921,A Serial No. 440,761. Divided and this application led .Tuly

- 12, 1921. Serial No. 484,158.

a charging car which is moveable over the4 retorts of a smelting furnace whereby ore or other material, may be delivered to one of the retorts, or to a plurality of them at the same time.

The car herein shown is illustrated in the application on a smelting furnace led by me in the United States Patent Oilice on January 28th, 1921, under Serial Number 440,7 61, the present application being in the nature of a divisional application to the one above identified. In smelting ore in a furnace of the character disclosed in said ori inal application, it is necessary to partly 11 the retorts with low grade ore, or ashes, for

the reasons stated in the specifications of said application, and then deliver the high grade ore into the retorts. This can be most conveniently done by means of a specially designed charging car herein specifically described. v

With the above and other objects in view this invention has particular relation to certain novel features of construction, operation, and arrangement of parts, an example of which is given in this specification, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Y Figure 1 is a fragmentary side view of a furnace showing the charging car thereon.

Figure 2 shows a transverse sectional view, taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a plan view of the car. Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 desi 'ates the furnace as a whole, which is pre erably constructed oftile and has the vertical retorts.2, 2, arg' range in rows to facilitate the charging thereof. Y' t .twoksubscribing witnesses.

Mounted on the furnace is a track formed of rails 3, 3 on which the charging vcar 4 travels. This car is composed of a suitable body which is separated into `end compartments by means of the transverse partition 5.

These compartments have their respective down spouts 6, 6 and 7, 7 which are hopperlike in form. These. respective spouts are controlled by the gates 8, 8 and 9, 9.

One of the compartments ofthe charging car contains ashes or low grade ore and in filling the retorts, said ashes or low grade ore are first admitted so as to fill up the retort to the level of the top of the cooling chamber, at the bottom of the retort, and the remainder of the retort is filled up with high grade ore. The lower part of each retrot is filled with ashes or low grade ore for the reason that it is atall'times comparatively cool and the temperature thereof is never suiiiciently high to melt the ore.

The car has suitable carrier wheelslO, which run on the tracks 3, so as to bring the car over an of the retorts desired.

What l c aim is y p -1. A -furnace charging car including a suitable body, a transverse partition .separatf ing the bod into end compartments, a pair of hoppers into which each compartment 1s formed, each hopper being extended downwardly forming a down spout and a gate controlling the discharge of material through each down spout. y

2. A furnace charging car includmg-a body, a transverse partition separating the body into two compartments, each compartmentA being formedv into two hoppers, each hopper extendedv downwardly forminga' down spout, a slidable gate controllin the discharge of material through each own spout, and carrier wheels upon whlch the Vcar is mounted.

In testimony whereof I have signed my nanfa l'to this specification in the presence of j FERDINAND'FIECHTL.

Witnesses: I Y

NEWTON PLUNimrr, 

